using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass { public static void Main() { XDocument xDocument = new XDocument( new XElement("Books", new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XComment("This is a new author."), new XElement("FirstName", "A"), new XElement("LastName", "B")), new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement("FirstName", "C"), new XElement("LastName", "D")))); IEnumerable<XAttribute> attributes = xDocument.Element("Books").Elements("Book").Attributes(); foreach (XAttribute attribute in attributes) { Console.WriteLine("Source attribute: {0} : value = {1}", attribute.Name, attribute.Value); } attributes.Remove(); Console.WriteLine(xDocument); } }